The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 18–20 November 2011, and the final occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 9–11 March 2012.2011/2012 ISU World Cup

Håvard Bøkko of Norway won the cup, while Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands came second, and the defending champion, Shani Davis of the United States, came third.

Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Håvard Bøkko 472 2nd Silver Kjeld Nuis 430 20th Bronze Shani Davis 425 1st

Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Chelyabinsk, Russia 18 November Stefan Groothuis 1:45.70 Shani Davis 1:46.27 Ivan Skobrev 1:46.47 2 Astana, Kazakhstan 25 November Wouter olde Heuvel 1:45.69 Denny Morrison 1:45.80 Håvard Bøkko 1:45.97 3 Heerenveen, Netherlands 2 December Ivan Skobrev 1:45.81 Kjeld Nuis 1:45.99 Håvard Bøkko 1:46.49 5 Hamar, Norway 12 February Shani Davis 1:47.08 Håvard Bøkko 1:47.21 Stefan Groothuis 1:47.55 6 Heerenveen, Netherlands 2 March Shani Davis 1:46.89 Kjeld Nuis 1:46.98 Håvard Bøkko 1:47.21 7 Berlin, Germany 9 March Håvard Bøkko 1:47.49 Kjeld Nuis 1:47.69 Koen Verweij 1:47.727

Standings Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season). # Name Nat. CHE AST HVN1 HAM HVN2 BER Total 1 32 70 70 80 70 150 472 2 60 50 80 40 80 120 430 3 80 60 40 100 100 45 425 4 50 80 50 60 40 32 312 5 70 32 100 36 45 18 301 6 100 45 21 70 50 14 300 7 45 36 45 – – 90 216 8 40 40 – 32 60 40 212 9 16 14 14 45 28 75 192 10 25 28 60 – 24 28 165 11 – – – 25 32 105 162 12 36 100 24 – – – 160 13 21 21 28 24 21 24 139 14 24 6 32 21 16 21 120 15 18 16 6 60 – 16 116 16 3 6 15 28 16 36 106 17 28 24 36 – – 12 100 18 10 25 18 18 – 5 76 19 2 11 0 16 36 6 71 20 12 12 16 – 12 10 62 21 11 4 19 12 10 – 56 22 14 10 10 14 5 – 53 23 – – 25 – 19 8 52 24 5 15 12 10 – 3 45 25 0 19 8 8 6 – 41 26 19 8 5 0 8 – 40 27 1 – – 0 25 4 30 28 – – – 15 14 – 29 29 0 0 0 11 15 – 26 30 15 5 6 – – – 26 31 2 1 2 8 8 – 21 32 – – – 19 – – 19 33 – 18 – – – – 18 34 Sun Longjiang – – 11 – 4 – 15 35 8 0 0 6 – – 14 36 Gao Xuefeng 4 – 8 – – – 12 37 – – – 0 11 – 11 38 6 0 1 4 0 – 11 39 – 8 – – – – 8 40 Lee Seung-hoon 8 – – – – – 8 41 Li Bailin 6 – – – 2 – 8 42 4 0 4 – – – 8 43 0 0 – 1 6 – 7 44 – – – 6 0 – 6 45 0 – – 2 – – 2 – 2 0 – – – 2 47 – – 0 0 1 – 1 48 1 – – – – – 1

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